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DTDPS, What It Is and Why You’ll LOVE it
It sounds like an STD, I know, but I promise it’s not. and after you’ve given your customers a DTDPS, they will thank you for it So hopefully I’ve intrigued you enough to read a bit more about this...
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October 30th, 2013 Edition of the Chicago Visual Studio ALM User Group: More...
If you attended the September meeting, this is not *quite* a redux. I’ll be talking about a variety of ALM features, some that I covered at the Downers Grove meeting last month. BUT this time around...
View ArticleEfficient Testing with Microsoft Test Manager – Slides Posted
I wanted to be sure to share out the slides that were presented at the testing events that I recently spoke at. If you happened to attend one of the events where Chris Kadel presented, he should be...
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Visual Studio 2013 Launch Event Coming to Chicago
So in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, Microsoft released a new version of its Visual Studio ALM Tools including Team Foundation Server, Microsoft Test Manager, and Visual...
View ArticleTrying Something new with the ALM User Group in December
So it’s time again for the annual Christmas Edition of the ALM user group. Normally we do the normal “dinner and a movie” approach, maybe having a special guest speaker or some kind of presentation...
View ArticleChicago ALM User Group - New years 2014 Edition
Join Us Wednesday, January 29, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PMIn case you missed the annual Christmas Edition of the ALM user group, we are holding another special event for the New year in the Chicago...
View ArticleChicago ALM User Group Presents: Lab Management in the Cloud
So, you might have heard, but this cloud thing really isn’t just a fad. And if you’re a TFS user, you might have thought to yourself “Wow, Lab management is pretty rad, but I still don’t have the...
View ArticleAutomating your .NET deployments with Octopus Deploy
Join The Chicago ALM User Group on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 Are you using automated deployment tools yet? No? Why the heck not?!Regain your sanity and confidence with consistent and reliable automated...
View ArticleI’m Talking TFS ALM at the Chicago SharePoint Developer Group May 15th
So often people hear that I focus on TFS for ALM and think I can’t possibly help them because they’re not doing traditional .NET WinForms or WebForms development. Not true! TFS ALM is cross platform...
View ArticleJoin The Chicago ALM User Group on Wednesday July 23 to Talk About Octopus...
So in case you’re wondering, yes this is a repeat of the May user group meeting where we discussed Octopus Deploy as an alternative to Release Management. It was a really great and interactive...
View ArticleIt’s almost Fall, and that means more Conferences
So conference season is kicking in full force again, and I already have quite a few on my radar, though sadly I doubt I can attend them all. Here are a few worth taking note of, and some are coming up...
View ArticleSt Louis Day of .NET – Links to Blogs and Decks for all Polaris Speakers
This year was the second year that Polaris Solutions sponsored St. Louis Day of .NET. In case you’re wondering why were sponsor a conference in St Louis, a) it’s a really great conference, and b) we...
View ArticleJoin Polaris for a TFS Release Management Webinar in February
So in case you have not heard, the licensing for Release management just got CRAZY inexpensive, if you have MSDN anyway. More about licensing can be found on MSDN.Wondering what Release Management is?...
View ArticleDevOps with Chef and Azure Coming to the Chicago ALM User Group this Month
When: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM Where:Microsoft-Chicago 200 E Randolph, 2nd Floor, Chicago What: Wouldn’t it be great to remove the “it works on my machine” scenario? Don’t...
View ArticleStill Running TFS 2010? It’s Aging Out of Support Next Month. Polaris...
You heard me correctly, mainstream support for TFS 2010 ends on July 14th, less than 6 weeks from today! So if you’re thinking “it still WORKS, why should I upgrade?” Consider these points…Any issues...
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ALM User Group Digs Deep into Powershell and Octopus Deploy in November
Octopus works with your build server to deploy applications and services into test, staging, and production environments, whether they are in the cloud or on-premises. Are you using automated...
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Will I see you at St Louis Days of .NET this year?
St Louis Days of.NET is definitely a favorite of mine. This will be my third year both attending and speaking at the conference, Polaris Solutions is also sponsoring the conference again! Everyone...
View ArticleSpring Into DevOps on April 12th in Chicago with Donovan Brown
DevOps is about people, process and products. Getting it all right requires effort but the benefits to your organization and customers can be huge. Microsoft has a fantastic set of products that can...
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